'I'm Just Happy That I'm On This Side Now' - Joe Mixon Sounds Thrilled To Be Out Of The Bengals Offense, Thinks He's Appreciated On The Texans

This is going to blow up because of what Joe Mixon did in week 1. You rush for 159 yards while the Bengals look like a 7th grade team on offense and everyone is immediately going to blast the former team for letting you go. Trust me, look at Saquon and the Giants. Sometimes a breakup needs to happen. Sometimes you just need to move on because you know you can't make it work and don't want to stay together just for the holidays. Take away all the off the field shit Mixon got himself into and on the field there were still a lot of people who didn't think he did 'enough' in Cincinnati. That's what happens when the offense has Burrow, Chase and Higgins. You're an afterthought. 

Now he goes to the Texans, DeMeco Ryans is going to run the ball. There's a reason Mixon got 30 carries against the Colts. You don't need Stroud to throw the ball 50 times a game. I'm not going to sit here and cheer for Mixon, but I will make fun of the Bengals. I do wish there was a revenge game. I love revenge games, especially when it almost feels fake. Welcome to sports, people get traded, dumped, cut, whatever all the time. It's a business as much anything else and I know a bunch of players don't recognize that. 

The whole running back discourse is getting out of control too. You have running backs thinking they need $15 million a year while teams want to pay them as little as they can get. Somewhere in the middle, like always, is true. Yeah, you don't want to pay top dollar for a running back, they don't win you games as much as other positions. Hell, look at the 49ers. They lose McCaffrey to injury and Jordan Mason looks like a top-5 running back for a game. Mixon goes to a new spot and can lead the league in rushing. It's all scheme based and individual basis obviously. But, hey, I can't blame him for wanting to be out of the Bengals offense after watching that disaster against the Pats.